Thavolia Glymph
For the first time, the American Historical Association has a Black woman president
The American Historical Association (AHA) has appointed Thavolia Glymph as its 140th president, making her the first Black woman to occupy the role. Glymph is a multiple award-winning scholar, a former president of the Southern Historical Association, and a Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History and Law at Duke University. Growing up in the South,…